Guava Fruit Fly Control
Pump up the sprayer and go around in your garden spraying your guava trees with a pesticide to prevent fruit fly infestation.
Guava fruit fly control. When ripe guavas release a sharp musky odour that draws fruit flies. Bactrocera correcta bezzi often referred to as the guava fruit fly although the larvae of many other species of fruit flies feed on guava and anastrepha striata schiner is also called the guava fruit fly white and elson harris 1994 was detected for the first time in the western hemisphere when one female was found on 6 august 1986. Scientific name bactocera correcta. Shake the mixture until the honey dissolves in the water.
Fruit fly is the most serious pest of different horticultural crops among the world it is also the most destructive pest. Guava whiteflies feed on guava leaves and along with the green shield scale and weevils in particular anthonomus irroratus require chemical pest control for guava grown commercially in florida. Guava fruit flies anastrepha striata from costa rica and guatemala carried perithecia of stigmatomyces aciurae and s. Fill a plastic bottle with honey and some water.
Striata from non seasonal forest environments of the caribbean. In costa rica these fungi occurred more frequently on a. The guava fruit fly anastrepha striata schiner is one of the most common species of fruit flies throughout most of its range. Guava trees produce sweet smelling fruits with an edible rind with a creamy white yellow or pink flesh.
Guava ˈ ɡ w ɑː v ə is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. Fruit flies are among the world s most serious pests of different horticultural crops due to their direct impact on economy. Psidium guajava common guava lemon guava is a small tree in the myrtle family native to mexico central america the caribbean and northern south america. This fly has yellow in color.
Verruculosus on the legs and or on the ventral part of the thorax males and on both sides of the notum and or the dorsal base of the abdomen females. Although related species may also be called guavas they belong to other species or genera such as the pineapple guava. The damage causes guavas to rot. The larvae of the guava shoot borers get into twigs killing new shoots.
Fruit flies lay their eggs beneath the fruit s skin and the maggots feed on the flesh. Insect fruit fly. This probably is because it is not considered to be of primary economic. They are among the most destructive pests.
When ripe guavas emit a pungent musky odor that attracts fruit flies. Symptom mainly this insect damages the guava crop in rainy season.